Ron froze for a moment, only then remembering that Mia had mentioned Lyle would be back within the next few days.
This dwarf, who had once run a traditional barbecue shop in Chaos City, now possessed a fortune of more than a thousand gold coins from dividends and fixed wages alone.
That was something he had never even dared to dream of before.
And it had only been around five months since he had left Chaos City.
Back then, he had only made a net profit of a few dozen silver coins a month. Even with the seasoning recipes Ron had provided, his monthly net income might only have reached a dozen or so gold coins.
Yet after only a few months, Lyle, who had left behind his barbecue shop, had already completed a tremendous reversal in his life.
"Let's go. I haven't seen him in a long time. We can catch up while we're at it." Ron headed out of the room.
"Irene and I won't be going. We still want to look around here a little longer."
Ron waved to Mia and Irene. Before leaving the control room, he looked at Nora. "I'll bring your dinner over later. Barbecue all right?"
"Mm." Nora nodded obediently.
"Eww~~" Mia fanned the air in front of her nose, pretending to be disgusted.
Ron shot her an annoyed glare. "Then you can sort out your own dinner. I'm leaving first."
After leaving the competition venue, Ron boarded an elemental carriage that had been delivered to the Imperial Capital only a few days earlier and instructed the driver to head for the hotpot restaurant on Central Street.
The elemental carriages had been in the Imperial Capital for many days already, but their purpose had become somewhat superfluous.
The streets of the Imperial Capital